Gemmules and elements: On Darwin's and Mendel's concepts and methods in heredity

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-112

  Deichmann, Ute ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blending inheritance; Chance; Darwin; Discreteness; Gradualism; Mendel; Pangenesis; Soft inheritance; Statistical laws; Variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955054677     PISSN: 09254560     EISSN: 15728587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-010-9122-0     Document Type: Article

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